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The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Literature
Surely
Show
Opportunities
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Unhappy
Shows
Reflection
Character
Atheism
Must
Marriage
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Amateur
Differences
Richest

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